# mb_ereg_search_pos

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

mb_ereg_search_pos — Returns position and length of a matched part of the multibyte regular expression for a predefined multibyte string

### Beschreibung

mb_ereg_search_pos(?string `$pattern` = `null`, ?string `$options` = `null`): array|false

Returns position and length of a matched part of the multibyte regular expression for a predefined multibyte string

The string for match is specified by mb_ereg_search_init(). If it is not specified, the previous one will be used.

### Parameter-Liste

`pattern`

  The search pattern.

`options`

  The search option. See mb_regex_set_options() for explanation.

### Rückgabewerte

An array containing two elements. The first element is the offset, in bytes, where the match begins relative to the start of the search string, and the second element is the length in bytes of the match.

If an error occurs, `false` is returned.

### Changelog

Version | Beschreibung
--- | ---
8.0.0 | `pattern` and `options` are nullable now.

### Anmerkungen

> Hinweis:

> Die interne Kodierung oder die mit mb_regex_encoding() festgelegte Zeichenkodierung wird als Zeichenkodierung für diese Funktion genutzt.

### Siehe auch

- mb_regex_encoding() - Set/Get character encoding for multibyte regex
- mb_ereg_search_init() - Setup string and regular expression for a multibyte regular expression match

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